Record Details

NHER Number:

13354

Type of record:

Find Spot

Name:

Human skeletal remains, pistol

Summary

It is recorded that 'under the great ash tree at Tunstead' a human thigh bone and an 'ancient pistol' were found. It has been suggested that they represent the remains of a suicide burial, though there is no documentation to support this. The exact date and location of this discovery are unclear.

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Location

Parish:

TUNSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

'Under the great ash tree at Tunstead'.Thigh bone and an 'ancient pistol' found.Thought to be a suicide, but no record of such.Finds in Worstead vestry 1887.Information from NCM Bolingbroke Collection.